Imagined Worlds. Part 3: Behind Reality

Subtitle

Behind reality

Synopsis

Professor Abdus Salam, a 1979 Nobel Laureate, has worked for 20 years towards the ‘grand unification’, the dream of physicists since Einstein that all of nature - the matter it comprises and the forces which shape it - can be unified within a single framework. He talks about Einstein’s theories and the progress made towards the unification of the forces of gravity, electro-magnetism, the weak and the strong nuclear forces. He refers to various major international conferences including one in 1967 where his research results were virtually ignored. Then followed a period of increasing acceptance up to his receiving a Nobel Prize in 1979. He also speaks of the lack of facilities for scientific research in developing countries, especially in his native Pakistan, and mentions current experiments at the CERN particle accelerator near Geneva.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Year of production

1982

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Uses

Science undergraduates.*

Subjects

Physics

Keywords

physics theories; Salam, Abdus

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com

Web

https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 20 8433 1009

Address

BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK

Notes

The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’